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Correction News
North Carolina Department of Correction / www.doc.nc.gov / 919.716.3700
March 2011
Japan disaster rattles DOC employees
When the ground shook violently and
a horrific tsunami burst onto Japan’s
eastern coast on March 11, hearts
were pounding with fear nearly
10,000 miles away in the Department
of Correction family.
Some employees had loved ones
in Japan at the time, and the hearts of
some here have ached for survivors
there whose lives have been forever
shaken and overwhelmed by one of
history’s strongest reminders that
nature’s violent streak does not value
human life and livelihood.
Sendai, a Japanese coastal town
near the epicenter of the 8.9 earth-quake,
quickly became the epicenter
of international news reporting on
the disaster. Michael Bell, a resident
of Sendai, was there on March 11, on
a bus. With him were other members
of the Sendai 89ers, a Japanese pro-fessional
basketball team.
Mike was only 30 minutes from
the tsunami.
His mother is Teresa Edmundson,
a technology support specialist
in Management Information
Systems in Raleigh. She and
his step-father were expected
to visit Mike in Japan just a
few days later.
Instead, the
basketball sea-son
was ter-minated,
and Mike
is back
in North
Carolina.
Teresa recalled TV news images
from Japan.
“Did you see the airplanes leaving
the airport, floating into the ocean on
TV?” she said. “That was the airport
where we were going to land.
“Did you see the buildings down-town
falling as well? That is exactly
where our hotel was located!”
Mike, who stands 6 feet, 9.5 inches
and is a graduate of Raleigh’s Enloe
Continued on next page
Honor Guard leadership cited
RALEIGH | Capt. Leonard Hatley,
who retired in December, was hon-ored
for his years of service at the Di-vision
of Prisons’ March regional di-rectors’
meeting.
Hatley, who last worked at N.C.
Correctional Institution for Women,
served as Honor Guard commander
for most of the 20 years he served in
the Honor Guard, a team of officers
which represents DOP at ceremonies
honoring active, retired or deceased
employees.
The Honor Guard team also serves
as active and honorary pallbearers,
provide posting at funerals and pres-ent
the North Carolina flag to surviv-ing
family members.
DOP Director Bob Lewis said,
“Captain Hatley and the Honor
Guard team have brought comfort,
honor and a sense of support to our
extended Division of Prison families
during the loss of their loved ones.
Rogers
speaks
at health
summit
RALEIGH | DOC
Deputy Secretary
Frank Rogers in
late February gave
an overview of the
department’s Health Screen and
Coaching Project to identify em-ployees
with undiagnosed dis-ease
and health risk factors.
Rogers was a featured speak-er
at a state Health Leadership
Summit held on the N.C. State
campus which highlighted cur-rent
wellness initiatives across
North Carolina. The event un-derscores
the positive impact
wellness programs can have on
employee productivity, morale
and health status.
The event was sponsored by
the State Health Plan, Office of
State Personnel, Division of Pub-lic
Health, Department of Public
Instruction and the Health and
Wellness Trust Fund.
The DOC program was also
designed to increase employees’
health awareness and to encour-age
lifestyle changes to improve
health.
A total of 355 DOC employees
participated in the pilot pro-gram,
271 from prisons. Screen-ings
found the staff needs to im-prove
health knowledge and to
be more aware of major chronic
conditions, prescription adher-ence
and preventive care.
Most of the goals set at coach-ing
sessions addressed behavior-al
changes in exercise, nutrition
and weight management.
Central Prison Correctional
Officer Rose Womble was fea-tured
in a video testimonial
giving her thoughts about the
program and its positive effects
on her.
Rogers credited the depart-ment’s
successful screenings to
Continued on next page
The Honor Guard’s support to the
family will be something the fami-ly
will always remember.��
After the retirement of Capt. Hat-ley,
Sgt. Everette Green of Sanford
was promoted from assistant com-mander
to Honor Guard commander.
Sgt. Edgar Barrow of Tyrrell Prison
Work Farm was promoted to assistant
commander.
Retired Capt. Leonard Hatley (left), receives
a plaque from Bob Lewis, Division of Prisons
director.
High School, was a star at Florida
Atlantic University before moving
into the international professional
basketball leagues from Spain to
Turkey to New Zealand and most
recently in Japan. He told The Ra-leigh
News & Observer that his
mother reared him to be adaptable
to other places and ways of life, and
he has “really enjoyed living in dif-ferent
places.”
“My mother put me in different
environments when I was growing
up, almost like she was grooming
me for something like this,” he told
the newspaper.
Nicole Jacobs, an assistant unit
manager at Scotland Correctional
Institution, also has a child back
at her side. Since August 2010, her
daughter, Kristen Petrie, had been
living only 5 miles from Sendai,
while her husband has been at sea
in the U.S. Navy.
Shortly after the disasters struck,
Nicole got a call from Kristen that
she was among thousands of people
being evacuated because of a radia-tion
threat from the failing nuclear
powered electric generating plants
nearby.
Nicole has been frustrated by not
being able to have regular contact
with her daughter. She also worries
about the people of Japan, especially
the friends Kristen has made there.
“My daughter has made a lot of
friends since her arrival in Japan,”
widespread management encouragement of
employees to participate and of a positive re-sponse
from staff willing to participate.
One department participant commented:
“It pleases me to see the NCDOC caring more
about the health of their employees.”
Nicole said before her daughter left
Japan. “She has been with a Japa-nese
family for the last couple of
days, helping each other in their
time of need. They have come to
love and respect my daughter.”
Radiation levels in Japan have also
worried Darby Day, a food ser-vice
officer at Pender Correctional
Institution.
“I have a brother in Japan who
has lived there for 20 years,” she
said. “He is in Tokyo with his
family.
“He wasn’t directly affected
by the tsunami, but the radiation
levels are increasing their level of
concern.”
For Nicolle Nicolle, a horticul-ture
instructor at Pender Correc-tional
Institution, she is anxious to
hear from a native Japanese woman
whom Nicolle befriended.
Yasuko Kamatoa was studying
the possibility of using horticultural
therapy in Japan’s prison system,
and had visited Pender CI.
“She spent a day with us …
talking to staff and inmates, taking
pictures, etc.,” Nicolle said. “We
kept in touch for a while after she
returned to Japan. I have been un-able
to locate her … to express our
concerns.”
Also from Pender CI, Correctional
Officer John Normyle Jr. has a
warm spot in heart for the people of
Japan. As a Marine, he spent a total
of 13 months among the Japanese
people, in “the most enjoyable time
periods of my life,” he said.
“I ate with numerous families,
and the one thing that always was
understood -- because I really spoke
no Japanese except a few military
terms -- was the warmth and wel-come
each and every Japanese per-son
extended to U.S. Marines and
Sailors.”
Normyle is enamored by the
Japanese people’s work ethic, re-spect
for tradition and love of their
families and people in general. He
is optimistic for their future.
“Of course, they will mourn, but
will be stronger in the end,” he said.
Her heart aching for the Japanese
earthquake and tsunami victims,
Theresa Dale in the Controller’s Of-fice,
called on fellow DOC employ-ees
to reach out to help by contrib-uting
to the Red Cross’ relief efforts.
“My heart hurts for those poor
people, not to mention [the threat
from] the nuclear plant that will
cause so much death and destruc-tion,���
she said. “We will keep them
in our hearts and prayers.”
For those who are moved to make-contributions
for the victims’ aid,
online searches using the phrase
“Japan disaster relief fund” will
yield numerous sites, such as the
Red Cross, Samaritan’s Purse and
Globalgiving.
DOC employees struggle with disasters in Japan
Right, summit participants watch a video of
Correctional Officer Rose Womble speak-ing
about the positive effects she has
experienced with healthier behaviors.
Officers make honors at training
Making the honor roll in recent Basic Correctional Officer train-ing
classes were: Rahim Akbar, Pasquotank Correctional Institution;
LaRanda Boone, Pamlico CI; Robert Chapman, Western Youth Institu-tion;
David Hollar, Alexander CI; and Quintin Ratliff, Lanesboro CI.
Correction News Health summit, from previous page
is a newsletter for and about
employees in the
N.C. Department of Correction.
If you have suggestions
or comments, please contact
George Dudley, editor,
at 919.716.3713, or
George.Dudley@doc.nc.gov.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 2
New leader in District 14
DURHAM | Probation veteran Tony
Taylor has been named judicial district
manager for District 14, which covers
Durham, Orange and Chatham counties.
In his new position, he oversees a staff
of 122 probation officers and support per-sonnel
who supervise more than 5,000 of-fenders
on probation, parole or commu-nity
supervision across the three counties.
He succeeds Tommy Perry, who retired.
Taylor has served since 2008 as one
of two assistant judicial district manag-ers
for District 14. Previously, he held
the same position in Wake County. His probation career
began in 1987 as a court intake officer in Wake County.
He later specialized in electronic house arrest cases be-fore
becoming an intensive probation officer and later
a chief probation officer and member of the FBI Violent
Crimes Task Force.
Taylor is a Raleigh native and a graduate of Enloe
High School and UNC-Wilmington, and has completed
DOC’s Correctional Leadership Development Program.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 3
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Tony Taylor James Lassiter
Twenty-seven chaplains in the Division of Prisons were affirmed in
a ceremony April 7. Betty Brown, far left, Chaplaincy Services di-rector,
and Secretary Alvin Keller, far right, to welcome the chap-lains.
They are, from left, front row, beginning to the right of Brown,
Sandra Dunston, N.C. Correctional Institution for Women; Alberta
McLaughlin, Maury CI; Daren Whitehurst, Pasquotank CI; Delores
McCullough, DOP Administration; Friday Okocha, Scotland CI; Wil-lie
Brazil, Raleigh CCW; Danny Hampton, Marion CI; Tejado Hanchell,
Forsyth CC; Teresa Stratton, Harnet CI; Alice Noell, Raleigh CCW;
Newly affirmed prison chaplains
and Prinn Deavens, Pasquotank CI. Middle row, Dennis Hartman, Av-ery-
Mitchell CI; Sarah Jobe, Raleigh CCW; Percell Whitaker, Bertie
CI; Frederick Lawson, Durham CC; Marcus Hovis, Tabor CI; Michael
Ramsey, Western YI; William Logan, Rutherford CC; and Abdul Ha-neef,
Western YI. Back row, Reginald Bowens, Morrison CI; Sarah
Harris, Orange CC; Timothy Mann, Lincoln CC; William Sims, Marion
CI; John Young, Forsyth CC; Larry Nantz, Buncombe CC; and John
Giddens, Tabor CI. Also affirmed but not present for the photo was
James Dykes, New Hanover CC.
New manager named
at treatment center
GOLDSBORO | James Lassiter is the
new facility manager at the Department
of Correction’s residential substance
abuse treatment center for male proba-tioners
and parolees – DART Cherry.
The center offers drug and alcohol
recovery and treatment (DART) pro-grams
to 300 residents and is run by a
staff of 77 employees.
The residents are probationers sen-tenced
to the treatment program by the
courts and parolees who are released
from prison and sent to treatment as a condition of
parole.
Lassiter is a native of Smithfield with a master’s de-gree
in addiction psychology. He is a certified substance
abuse counselor and a certified clinical supervisor.
He has been at DART Cherry since 1990, beginning
as a program assistant. He has risen through the ranks,
and was program director prior to being named facility
manager.
Spotlight Correction News / March 2011 Page 4
Transportation/Communications
& Central Supply Warehouse
Upper left, Tony Scott; left,
Eric Shearin; and above Jose
Gonzales, all radio engineer I’s.
Below, Mike Williams, left,
radio engineer II/manager;
and Brenda Privott, program
assistant IV. Right, Deborah
Nelson, processing assis-tant
V.
Keillen Johnson, above,
and Charles Moore, below,
both trades worker III’s.
Reliable radio communications are
vital to fulfilling the Department
of Correction’s commitment to the
safety of the public, employees and
offenders.
The radio shop is responsible for
putting into service, installing, main-taining
and repairing the thousands
of radios throughout DOC. The radi-os
are most prominent in the prisons
and in Community Corrections.
Radio technicians have in recent
months been upholding their critical
role in statewide public safety by ac-tivating
some 2,200 Viper radios for
probation/parole officers. The special
radios allow communications among
all emergency agencies within coun-ties
that are on a Viper-compatible
system.
In addition, the radio shop in-stalls
and maintains towers and
repeaters.
Working with the technicians are
crews that install mounted commu-nication
radios in DOC sedans and
DOP vans that are used to transport
inmates among prisons or to work
sites. The crews also teach inmates
the installation craft, enhancing the
offenders’ job-readiness and oppor-tunities
for success upon release.
The metal fabrication shop em-ployees
also work on transporta-tion
van and car security and helps
develop metal working skills in in-mates.
The shop employees and in-mate
custom fit steel screens and
other devices that allow correctional
officers to safely control the entry
and exit of inmates during transport.
Central Supply Warehouse em-ployees
annually ship more than
$30 million in inventory to DOC lo-cations
across the state. Drivers log
almost a half-million miles a year
delivering dry goods, office sup-plies,
inmate and employee clothing,
grocery items and numerous other
repetitive needs of the department.
They also successfully address the
challenges of weather and other lo-gistical
obstacles.
The warehouse is also a learning
center for inmates.
More
photos
next
page.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 5
Above, Robert Lee, left, mechanic II. Up-per
right, Donald Mangum (left), mechanic
supervisor I. Right, Tim Brooks, vehicular
manager.
Above, Donnie Matthews,
distribution manager.
Left, Robert Corzine;
below, Denis Healy,
shipping/receiving
supervisor I’s.
Upper photo, Rita
Spivey, accounting
clerk V. Upper right,
Monique Carter,
accounting clerk IV.
Above, Pam Ward,
shipping/receiving
supervisor III. Right,
Terry Arnett, ac-counting
clerk III.
Right, Alan
Doll, shipping/
receiving su-pervisor
II.
Left,
Milton
McLamb;
and right,
Roland
White,
shipping/
receiving
supervi-sor
I’s.
Right, Gary
Eckles, ship-ping/
receiving
supervisor I.
Below, Glenn
Barefoot and
Tim Whitley,
shipping/re-ceiving
super-visor
I’s.
More
photos
next
page.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 6
Above, Don
Squillini;
left, Jeff
Thornton;
and right,
Roger
Jones, all
shipping/re-ceiving
su-pervisor
I’s.
Jarvis Tart and Marlowe Powell, shipping/receiving supervisor I’s.
Mark Hocutt, dispatcher.
Cindy Childress, long distance
truck driver.
Sidney White, long distance
truck driver.
Right, Gary
Dudley, ship-ping/
receiving
supervisor II.
Right, Michael Parker;
lower right, Durell
Rusher; and below,
Robert Hopkins, all
long distance truck
drivers.
More
photos
next
page.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 7
Upper right, Ken Wade; and
above, Ricky Parker, long
distance truck drivers.
Above, Doug Thornton,
and left, Hal Childres,
long distance truck
drivers.
February 2011 retirements
Name, title, location, service
Carl Bean, dentist III, Neuse CI, 24y2m
V. Dianne Cameron, professional nurse, Orange CC, 20y6m
Cheryl Champion, administrative services assistant V,
Durham CC, 34y1m
Richard Chisholm, correctional officer, Southern CI, 23y4m
Bonnie Crocker, lead worker IV, Combined Records, 6y10m
Victor Davis, probation/parole surveillance officer,
DCC District 10, 28y3m
Kenneth Dixon, surveillance officer, DCC District 3, 15y9m
Ralph Elledge, case manager, Wilkes CC, 24y11m
Gwendolyn Garvin, licensed practical nurse, Scotland CI,
5y5m
James Granby, correctional officer, Tyrrell PWF, 27y1m
, Cheryl Harden, personnel analyst II, Human Resources, 29y1m
Melvin Hawkins, sergeant, Buncombe CC, 29y6m
William Hodges, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 15,
19y1m
Lynn Keiler, professional nurse, Brown Creek CI, 8y9m
Annette Lowe, correctional officer, Lanesboro CI, 6y4m
Walter McCrary, maintenance mechanic III,
DOP Western Region Maintenance Yard, 28y2m
James McKoy, sergeant, Craven CI, 30y1m
Calvin Nixon, case manager, Western YI, 7y10m
Sherry Pilkington, special assistant, Research & Planning,
29y9m
Anthony Poole, sergeant, Southern CI, 28y
Gwen Ray, staff psychologist II-DF, Central Prison
Psychological Services, 32y
Clara Russell, professional nurse, Alexander CI, 5y2m
Teresa Rutherford, correctional officer, Marion CI, 15y
Ronnie Shumate, assistant superintendent, Wilkes CC,
33y7m
Richard Sicard, correctional officer, Pender CI, 33y7m
Hoyt Smith, correctional officer, Hoke CI, 5y
Samuel Stallings, correctional officer, Robeson CI, 30y9m
Betty Sugg, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 19B,
27y1m
Philip Thomas, sergeant, Gaston CC, 20y1m
Michelle Thornell, probation/parole officer II,
DCC District 3, 28y1m
Tarquintus Walser, programs supervisor,
Central Prison Psychological Services, 28y5m
Byron Walters, training coordinator I, OSDT, 27y4m
Glenn Woodlief, dentist II, Warren CI, 28y9m
January 2011 retirements previously unreported
Brenda Beam, supervisor, Correction Enterprises, 18y9m
Evonne Long, correctional officer, Caledonia CI, 9y1m
Alvin Marriott, business officer, Central Prison Hospital, 17y2m
November 2010 promotions previously unreported
Lateisha Thrash, assistant superintendent/programs I,
Wake CC
Valerie Wilcher Ross, assistant superintendent/
custody & operations II, Craven CI
January 2011 promotion previously unreported
Tyrome Turman, food service manager I, Bertie CI
February 2011 promotions
Name, new title, location
Sammie Brunson, sergeant, Scotland CI
Peter Garrison, medical record manager I, Central Prison
Yolanda Gause, assistant unit manager, Scotland CI
Emily Green, food service officer, Central Prison
John Habuda, deputy prison warden I, NC CIW
John Herring, assistant superintendent/custody & operations III, Maury CI
Troy Honeycutt, sergeant, Caldwell CI
Linward James, sergeant, Bertie CI
Edward Reagan, food service officer, Craven CI
Glenda Smith, sergeant, Fountain CCW
Katrina Smith, sergeant, Bertie CI
Melvin Williams, programs supervisor, Tyrrell PWF
John Andrews,, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 20
Kimbley Carter, food service officer, Odom CI
Benjamin Carver, unit manager, Alexander CI
Wilburn English, sergeant, Lanesboro CI
Neal Lea’kes, programs director I, Scotland CI
William Sinclair, sergeant, Scotland CI
Esther Smith, professional nurse, Greene CI
Modesto Arribas, dentist III, Neuse CI
Mark Geouge, sergeant, Craggy CI
Alfredo Hernandez, food service officer, Central Prison
Timothy Jarvis, sergeant, Craggy CI
Jennifer MacNeil, probation/parole field specialist, DCC District 10
Alethea McClure McNeill, food service officer, Central Prison
Ross Burge, lead correctional officer, Avery-Mitchell CI
Yvonne Dunlap, sergeant, Lanesboro CI
Russell Green, food service manager I, Scotland CI
Kimberly Morris, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 19B
Jenny Tadie, sergeant, Charlotte CC
Melvin Williams, programs supervisor, Tyrrell PWF
February 2011 death
Ruth Jones, correctional officer, Johnston CI, 6y8m
Spotlight

Correction News
North Carolina Department of Correction / www.doc.nc.gov / 919.716.3700
March 2011
Japan disaster rattles DOC employees
When the ground shook violently and
a horrific tsunami burst onto Japan’s
eastern coast on March 11, hearts
were pounding with fear nearly
10,000 miles away in the Department
of Correction family.
Some employees had loved ones
in Japan at the time, and the hearts of
some here have ached for survivors
there whose lives have been forever
shaken and overwhelmed by one of
history’s strongest reminders that
nature’s violent streak does not value
human life and livelihood.
Sendai, a Japanese coastal town
near the epicenter of the 8.9 earth-quake,
quickly became the epicenter
of international news reporting on
the disaster. Michael Bell, a resident
of Sendai, was there on March 11, on
a bus. With him were other members
of the Sendai 89ers, a Japanese pro-fessional
basketball team.
Mike was only 30 minutes from
the tsunami.
His mother is Teresa Edmundson,
a technology support specialist
in Management Information
Systems in Raleigh. She and
his step-father were expected
to visit Mike in Japan just a
few days later.
Instead, the
basketball sea-son
was ter-minated,
and Mike
is back
in North
Carolina.
Teresa recalled TV news images
from Japan.
“Did you see the airplanes leaving
the airport, floating into the ocean on
TV?” she said. “That was the airport
where we were going to land.
“Did you see the buildings down-town
falling as well? That is exactly
where our hotel was located!”
Mike, who stands 6 feet, 9.5 inches
and is a graduate of Raleigh’s Enloe
Continued on next page
Honor Guard leadership cited
RALEIGH | Capt. Leonard Hatley,
who retired in December, was hon-ored
for his years of service at the Di-vision
of Prisons’ March regional di-rectors’
meeting.
Hatley, who last worked at N.C.
Correctional Institution for Women,
served as Honor Guard commander
for most of the 20 years he served in
the Honor Guard, a team of officers
which represents DOP at ceremonies
honoring active, retired or deceased
employees.
The Honor Guard team also serves
as active and honorary pallbearers,
provide posting at funerals and pres-ent
the North Carolina flag to surviv-ing
family members.
DOP Director Bob Lewis said,
“Captain Hatley and the Honor
Guard team have brought comfort,
honor and a sense of support to our
extended Division of Prison families
during the loss of their loved ones.
Rogers
speaks
at health
summit
RALEIGH | DOC
Deputy Secretary
Frank Rogers in
late February gave
an overview of the
department’s Health Screen and
Coaching Project to identify em-ployees
with undiagnosed dis-ease
and health risk factors.
Rogers was a featured speak-er
at a state Health Leadership
Summit held on the N.C. State
campus which highlighted cur-rent
wellness initiatives across
North Carolina. The event un-derscores
the positive impact
wellness programs can have on
employee productivity, morale
and health status.
The event was sponsored by
the State Health Plan, Office of
State Personnel, Division of Pub-lic
Health, Department of Public
Instruction and the Health and
Wellness Trust Fund.
The DOC program was also
designed to increase employees’
health awareness and to encour-age
lifestyle changes to improve
health.
A total of 355 DOC employees
participated in the pilot pro-gram,
271 from prisons. Screen-ings
found the staff needs to im-prove
health knowledge and to
be more aware of major chronic
conditions, prescription adher-ence
and preventive care.
Most of the goals set at coach-ing
sessions addressed behavior-al
changes in exercise, nutrition
and weight management.
Central Prison Correctional
Officer Rose Womble was fea-tured
in a video testimonial
giving her thoughts about the
program and its positive effects
on her.
Rogers credited the depart-ment’s
successful screenings to
Continued on next page
The Honor Guard’s support to the
family will be something the fami-ly
will always remember.��
After the retirement of Capt. Hat-ley,
Sgt. Everette Green of Sanford
was promoted from assistant com-mander
to Honor Guard commander.
Sgt. Edgar Barrow of Tyrrell Prison
Work Farm was promoted to assistant
commander.
Retired Capt. Leonard Hatley (left), receives
a plaque from Bob Lewis, Division of Prisons
director.
High School, was a star at Florida
Atlantic University before moving
into the international professional
basketball leagues from Spain to
Turkey to New Zealand and most
recently in Japan. He told The Ra-leigh
News & Observer that his
mother reared him to be adaptable
to other places and ways of life, and
he has “really enjoyed living in dif-ferent
places.”
“My mother put me in different
environments when I was growing
up, almost like she was grooming
me for something like this,” he told
the newspaper.
Nicole Jacobs, an assistant unit
manager at Scotland Correctional
Institution, also has a child back
at her side. Since August 2010, her
daughter, Kristen Petrie, had been
living only 5 miles from Sendai,
while her husband has been at sea
in the U.S. Navy.
Shortly after the disasters struck,
Nicole got a call from Kristen that
she was among thousands of people
being evacuated because of a radia-tion
threat from the failing nuclear
powered electric generating plants
nearby.
Nicole has been frustrated by not
being able to have regular contact
with her daughter. She also worries
about the people of Japan, especially
the friends Kristen has made there.
“My daughter has made a lot of
friends since her arrival in Japan,”
widespread management encouragement of
employees to participate and of a positive re-sponse
from staff willing to participate.
One department participant commented:
“It pleases me to see the NCDOC caring more
about the health of their employees.”
Nicole said before her daughter left
Japan. “She has been with a Japa-nese
family for the last couple of
days, helping each other in their
time of need. They have come to
love and respect my daughter.”
Radiation levels in Japan have also
worried Darby Day, a food ser-vice
officer at Pender Correctional
Institution.
“I have a brother in Japan who
has lived there for 20 years,” she
said. “He is in Tokyo with his
family.
“He wasn’t directly affected
by the tsunami, but the radiation
levels are increasing their level of
concern.”
For Nicolle Nicolle, a horticul-ture
instructor at Pender Correc-tional
Institution, she is anxious to
hear from a native Japanese woman
whom Nicolle befriended.
Yasuko Kamatoa was studying
the possibility of using horticultural
therapy in Japan’s prison system,
and had visited Pender CI.
“She spent a day with us …
talking to staff and inmates, taking
pictures, etc.,” Nicolle said. “We
kept in touch for a while after she
returned to Japan. I have been un-able
to locate her … to express our
concerns.”
Also from Pender CI, Correctional
Officer John Normyle Jr. has a
warm spot in heart for the people of
Japan. As a Marine, he spent a total
of 13 months among the Japanese
people, in “the most enjoyable time
periods of my life,” he said.
“I ate with numerous families,
and the one thing that always was
understood -- because I really spoke
no Japanese except a few military
terms -- was the warmth and wel-come
each and every Japanese per-son
extended to U.S. Marines and
Sailors.”
Normyle is enamored by the
Japanese people’s work ethic, re-spect
for tradition and love of their
families and people in general. He
is optimistic for their future.
“Of course, they will mourn, but
will be stronger in the end,” he said.
Her heart aching for the Japanese
earthquake and tsunami victims,
Theresa Dale in the Controller’s Of-fice,
called on fellow DOC employ-ees
to reach out to help by contrib-uting
to the Red Cross’ relief efforts.
“My heart hurts for those poor
people, not to mention [the threat
from] the nuclear plant that will
cause so much death and destruc-tion,���
she said. “We will keep them
in our hearts and prayers.”
For those who are moved to make-contributions
for the victims’ aid,
online searches using the phrase
“Japan disaster relief fund” will
yield numerous sites, such as the
Red Cross, Samaritan’s Purse and
Globalgiving.
DOC employees struggle with disasters in Japan
Right, summit participants watch a video of
Correctional Officer Rose Womble speak-ing
about the positive effects she has
experienced with healthier behaviors.
Officers make honors at training
Making the honor roll in recent Basic Correctional Officer train-ing
classes were: Rahim Akbar, Pasquotank Correctional Institution;
LaRanda Boone, Pamlico CI; Robert Chapman, Western Youth Institu-tion;
David Hollar, Alexander CI; and Quintin Ratliff, Lanesboro CI.
Correction News Health summit, from previous page
is a newsletter for and about
employees in the
N.C. Department of Correction.
If you have suggestions
or comments, please contact
George Dudley, editor,
at 919.716.3713, or
George.Dudley@doc.nc.gov.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 2
New leader in District 14
DURHAM | Probation veteran Tony
Taylor has been named judicial district
manager for District 14, which covers
Durham, Orange and Chatham counties.
In his new position, he oversees a staff
of 122 probation officers and support per-sonnel
who supervise more than 5,000 of-fenders
on probation, parole or commu-nity
supervision across the three counties.
He succeeds Tommy Perry, who retired.
Taylor has served since 2008 as one
of two assistant judicial district manag-ers
for District 14. Previously, he held
the same position in Wake County. His probation career
began in 1987 as a court intake officer in Wake County.
He later specialized in electronic house arrest cases be-fore
becoming an intensive probation officer and later
a chief probation officer and member of the FBI Violent
Crimes Task Force.
Taylor is a Raleigh native and a graduate of Enloe
High School and UNC-Wilmington, and has completed
DOC’s Correctional Leadership Development Program.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 3
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Tony Taylor James Lassiter
Twenty-seven chaplains in the Division of Prisons were affirmed in
a ceremony April 7. Betty Brown, far left, Chaplaincy Services di-rector,
and Secretary Alvin Keller, far right, to welcome the chap-lains.
They are, from left, front row, beginning to the right of Brown,
Sandra Dunston, N.C. Correctional Institution for Women; Alberta
McLaughlin, Maury CI; Daren Whitehurst, Pasquotank CI; Delores
McCullough, DOP Administration; Friday Okocha, Scotland CI; Wil-lie
Brazil, Raleigh CCW; Danny Hampton, Marion CI; Tejado Hanchell,
Forsyth CC; Teresa Stratton, Harnet CI; Alice Noell, Raleigh CCW;
Newly affirmed prison chaplains
and Prinn Deavens, Pasquotank CI. Middle row, Dennis Hartman, Av-ery-
Mitchell CI; Sarah Jobe, Raleigh CCW; Percell Whitaker, Bertie
CI; Frederick Lawson, Durham CC; Marcus Hovis, Tabor CI; Michael
Ramsey, Western YI; William Logan, Rutherford CC; and Abdul Ha-neef,
Western YI. Back row, Reginald Bowens, Morrison CI; Sarah
Harris, Orange CC; Timothy Mann, Lincoln CC; William Sims, Marion
CI; John Young, Forsyth CC; Larry Nantz, Buncombe CC; and John
Giddens, Tabor CI. Also affirmed but not present for the photo was
James Dykes, New Hanover CC.
New manager named
at treatment center
GOLDSBORO | James Lassiter is the
new facility manager at the Department
of Correction’s residential substance
abuse treatment center for male proba-tioners
and parolees – DART Cherry.
The center offers drug and alcohol
recovery and treatment (DART) pro-grams
to 300 residents and is run by a
staff of 77 employees.
The residents are probationers sen-tenced
to the treatment program by the
courts and parolees who are released
from prison and sent to treatment as a condition of
parole.
Lassiter is a native of Smithfield with a master’s de-gree
in addiction psychology. He is a certified substance
abuse counselor and a certified clinical supervisor.
He has been at DART Cherry since 1990, beginning
as a program assistant. He has risen through the ranks,
and was program director prior to being named facility
manager.
Spotlight Correction News / March 2011 Page 4
Transportation/Communications
& Central Supply Warehouse
Upper left, Tony Scott; left,
Eric Shearin; and above Jose
Gonzales, all radio engineer I’s.
Below, Mike Williams, left,
radio engineer II/manager;
and Brenda Privott, program
assistant IV. Right, Deborah
Nelson, processing assis-tant
V.
Keillen Johnson, above,
and Charles Moore, below,
both trades worker III’s.
Reliable radio communications are
vital to fulfilling the Department
of Correction’s commitment to the
safety of the public, employees and
offenders.
The radio shop is responsible for
putting into service, installing, main-taining
and repairing the thousands
of radios throughout DOC. The radi-os
are most prominent in the prisons
and in Community Corrections.
Radio technicians have in recent
months been upholding their critical
role in statewide public safety by ac-tivating
some 2,200 Viper radios for
probation/parole officers. The special
radios allow communications among
all emergency agencies within coun-ties
that are on a Viper-compatible
system.
In addition, the radio shop in-stalls
and maintains towers and
repeaters.
Working with the technicians are
crews that install mounted commu-nication
radios in DOC sedans and
DOP vans that are used to transport
inmates among prisons or to work
sites. The crews also teach inmates
the installation craft, enhancing the
offenders’ job-readiness and oppor-tunities
for success upon release.
The metal fabrication shop em-ployees
also work on transporta-tion
van and car security and helps
develop metal working skills in in-mates.
The shop employees and in-mate
custom fit steel screens and
other devices that allow correctional
officers to safely control the entry
and exit of inmates during transport.
Central Supply Warehouse em-ployees
annually ship more than
$30 million in inventory to DOC lo-cations
across the state. Drivers log
almost a half-million miles a year
delivering dry goods, office sup-plies,
inmate and employee clothing,
grocery items and numerous other
repetitive needs of the department.
They also successfully address the
challenges of weather and other lo-gistical
obstacles.
The warehouse is also a learning
center for inmates.
More
photos
next
page.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 5
Above, Robert Lee, left, mechanic II. Up-per
right, Donald Mangum (left), mechanic
supervisor I. Right, Tim Brooks, vehicular
manager.
Above, Donnie Matthews,
distribution manager.
Left, Robert Corzine;
below, Denis Healy,
shipping/receiving
supervisor I’s.
Upper photo, Rita
Spivey, accounting
clerk V. Upper right,
Monique Carter,
accounting clerk IV.
Above, Pam Ward,
shipping/receiving
supervisor III. Right,
Terry Arnett, ac-counting
clerk III.
Right, Alan
Doll, shipping/
receiving su-pervisor
II.
Left,
Milton
McLamb;
and right,
Roland
White,
shipping/
receiving
supervi-sor
I’s.
Right, Gary
Eckles, ship-ping/
receiving
supervisor I.
Below, Glenn
Barefoot and
Tim Whitley,
shipping/re-ceiving
super-visor
I’s.
More
photos
next
page.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 6
Above, Don
Squillini;
left, Jeff
Thornton;
and right,
Roger
Jones, all
shipping/re-ceiving
su-pervisor
I’s.
Jarvis Tart and Marlowe Powell, shipping/receiving supervisor I’s.
Mark Hocutt, dispatcher.
Cindy Childress, long distance
truck driver.
Sidney White, long distance
truck driver.
Right, Gary
Dudley, ship-ping/
receiving
supervisor II.
Right, Michael Parker;
lower right, Durell
Rusher; and below,
Robert Hopkins, all
long distance truck
drivers.
More
photos
next
page.
Correction News / March 2011 Page 7
Upper right, Ken Wade; and
above, Ricky Parker, long
distance truck drivers.
Above, Doug Thornton,
and left, Hal Childres,
long distance truck
drivers.
February 2011 retirements
Name, title, location, service
Carl Bean, dentist III, Neuse CI, 24y2m
V. Dianne Cameron, professional nurse, Orange CC, 20y6m
Cheryl Champion, administrative services assistant V,
Durham CC, 34y1m
Richard Chisholm, correctional officer, Southern CI, 23y4m
Bonnie Crocker, lead worker IV, Combined Records, 6y10m
Victor Davis, probation/parole surveillance officer,
DCC District 10, 28y3m
Kenneth Dixon, surveillance officer, DCC District 3, 15y9m
Ralph Elledge, case manager, Wilkes CC, 24y11m
Gwendolyn Garvin, licensed practical nurse, Scotland CI,
5y5m
James Granby, correctional officer, Tyrrell PWF, 27y1m
, Cheryl Harden, personnel analyst II, Human Resources, 29y1m
Melvin Hawkins, sergeant, Buncombe CC, 29y6m
William Hodges, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 15,
19y1m
Lynn Keiler, professional nurse, Brown Creek CI, 8y9m
Annette Lowe, correctional officer, Lanesboro CI, 6y4m
Walter McCrary, maintenance mechanic III,
DOP Western Region Maintenance Yard, 28y2m
James McKoy, sergeant, Craven CI, 30y1m
Calvin Nixon, case manager, Western YI, 7y10m
Sherry Pilkington, special assistant, Research & Planning,
29y9m
Anthony Poole, sergeant, Southern CI, 28y
Gwen Ray, staff psychologist II-DF, Central Prison
Psychological Services, 32y
Clara Russell, professional nurse, Alexander CI, 5y2m
Teresa Rutherford, correctional officer, Marion CI, 15y
Ronnie Shumate, assistant superintendent, Wilkes CC,
33y7m
Richard Sicard, correctional officer, Pender CI, 33y7m
Hoyt Smith, correctional officer, Hoke CI, 5y
Samuel Stallings, correctional officer, Robeson CI, 30y9m
Betty Sugg, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 19B,
27y1m
Philip Thomas, sergeant, Gaston CC, 20y1m
Michelle Thornell, probation/parole officer II,
DCC District 3, 28y1m
Tarquintus Walser, programs supervisor,
Central Prison Psychological Services, 28y5m
Byron Walters, training coordinator I, OSDT, 27y4m
Glenn Woodlief, dentist II, Warren CI, 28y9m
January 2011 retirements previously unreported
Brenda Beam, supervisor, Correction Enterprises, 18y9m
Evonne Long, correctional officer, Caledonia CI, 9y1m
Alvin Marriott, business officer, Central Prison Hospital, 17y2m
November 2010 promotions previously unreported
Lateisha Thrash, assistant superintendent/programs I,
Wake CC
Valerie Wilcher Ross, assistant superintendent/
custody & operations II, Craven CI
January 2011 promotion previously unreported
Tyrome Turman, food service manager I, Bertie CI
February 2011 promotions
Name, new title, location
Sammie Brunson, sergeant, Scotland CI
Peter Garrison, medical record manager I, Central Prison
Yolanda Gause, assistant unit manager, Scotland CI
Emily Green, food service officer, Central Prison
John Habuda, deputy prison warden I, NC CIW
John Herring, assistant superintendent/custody & operations III, Maury CI
Troy Honeycutt, sergeant, Caldwell CI
Linward James, sergeant, Bertie CI
Edward Reagan, food service officer, Craven CI
Glenda Smith, sergeant, Fountain CCW
Katrina Smith, sergeant, Bertie CI
Melvin Williams, programs supervisor, Tyrrell PWF
John Andrews,, chief probation/parole officer, DCC District 20
Kimbley Carter, food service officer, Odom CI
Benjamin Carver, unit manager, Alexander CI
Wilburn English, sergeant, Lanesboro CI
Neal Lea’kes, programs director I, Scotland CI
William Sinclair, sergeant, Scotland CI
Esther Smith, professional nurse, Greene CI
Modesto Arribas, dentist III, Neuse CI
Mark Geouge, sergeant, Craggy CI
Alfredo Hernandez, food service officer, Central Prison
Timothy Jarvis, sergeant, Craggy CI
Jennifer MacNeil, probation/parole field specialist, DCC District 10
Alethea McClure McNeill, food service officer, Central Prison
Ross Burge, lead correctional officer, Avery-Mitchell CI
Yvonne Dunlap, sergeant, Lanesboro CI
Russell Green, food service manager I, Scotland CI
Kimberly Morris, probation/parole officer II, DCC District 19B
Jenny Tadie, sergeant, Charlotte CC
Melvin Williams, programs supervisor, Tyrrell PWF
February 2011 death
Ruth Jones, correctional officer, Johnston CI, 6y8m
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